Aug 28, 2010

Timelines

Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to highlight Tuesday's formal end to U.S. combat missions in Iraq and remind people that he's keeping a promise he made as a candidate in the 2008 election. ..."As a candidate for this office, I pledged I would end this war. As president, that is what I am doing," Obama said.

U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have now also agreed to a conditions-based withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by the end of 2011, a date further in the future than the Iraqis initially wanted. The deal would leave tens of thousands of U.S. troops inside Iraq in supporting roles, such as military trainers, for an unspecified time.

Hmmm... who was in a position to actually make agreements with the government of Iraq in summer 2008? Dude was from Texas... oh what was the name? Well, it'll come to me...